In 1988, wealthy New York investment banker Patrick Bateman’s life revolves around dining at trendy restaurants while keeping up appearances for his fiancée Evelyn and his circle of wealthy and shallow associates, most of whom he hates. The film was a financial success and received generally positive reviews, with particular praise for both Bale's performance and the screenplay. DiCaprio left in favor of The Beach and Harron and Bale were brought back.Īmerican Psycho debuted at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2000, and was released theatrically on April 14, 2000.
Lionsgate acquired worldwide distribution in 1997 and temporarily replaced Harron and Bale with Oliver Stone as director and Leonardo DiCaprio portraying Patrick Bateman. After discussions with David Cronenberg fell through, Harron was brought on to direct and cast Bale in the lead role. Pressman purchased the film rights to the novel in 1992. It stars Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Chloë Sevigny, Samantha Mathis, Cara Seymour, Justin Theroux, Guinevere Turner, Reg E.
American Psycho is a 2000 American black comedy psychological horror film co-written and directed by Mary Harron, based on Bret Easton Ellis's 1991 novel of the same name.
